François Cerbelle wrote: > > Check the frequencies (FSB and core) in the BIOS, your Mother Board or CPU > could be overclocked and become too hot to work. >
I will check, but I don't think that's the problem. Everything is at factory defaults and I can e.g. stress the CPUs without any indication of overheating. The cooling on the Precision workstations is pretty powerful... > Look in the SMART information from your disks. If a disk with a SWAP > partition fails, it might freeze the kernel too. > That's a good point, I will look at the SMART monitoring tools. > It can also be because of a power weak. Too much power asked by the > DVD+Disks + Video +... and not enought for the CPU. Often, there is a > limit, even if the manufacturer says "2 rails". > Probably not. Normally, the system can take all kinds of stress without any complaint and I think the PSU is actually overrated for the components. Also, it wasn't under heavy load when it crashed. Maybe it was a cosmic ray? Thanks for your suggestions! Jussi -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/totally-crashed-workstation-tp20915906p20920418.html Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]